What is CVE-2017-6555?

CVE-2017-6555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-03-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-6555?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple

CVE-2017-6555

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/moduleinterface.php in CMS Made Simple 2.1.6 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the m1_description parameter (aka "Design Manager > Categories > Category Description").

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Cmsmadesimple Cms_made_simple — versions 2.1.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6555?: CVE-2017-6555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cmsmadesimple Cms Made Simple, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2017-03-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-6555?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.